Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note about Currency xi
5. Introduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive Phantom 1
6. Part One: Rome in the Late Middle Ages
7. 1. Ruin and Reality 13
8. 2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth-Century Rome 41
9. Part Two: Performances of Virtue
10. 3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome 71
11. 4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and Justice 102
12. Part Three: Roman Political Society and the Question of Audience
13. 5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community 135
14. 6. Good Governance and the Economy of Violence 167
15. Conclusion: To Govern but Not to Rule 196
16. Bibliography 217
17. Index 237